Chapter 680: Chapter 680
"To be fair, the combat power of this Ant Queen is not weak. Even if only one is left, its attack and defense capabilities remain incredibly strong. I fear that even a weak level-30 professional, no, even weaker semi-professionals would not stand a chance against it."
Du You noticed that although the Ant Queen only had two moves, offence and defence, its simple moves contained imposing power. Its defense was formidable and its attack was not weaker either. On top of that, it could strike from a distance at considerable speed. The Ant Queen itself was also highly magical.
This thing literally was a fortress, offering no easy way in. It was only because there were no other ants to lend their strength that it was unable to hold out against Du You and his team’s attacks.
The Death Gorilla instantaneously moved to its side, managing to poison the Ant Queen with a mighty blow despite the attacks raining on it.
A moment later, Du You broke its defense using the Dissolution Spell coupled with Dark Spirits. Through relentless bombardment by the Dark Flame Arrow Array and the explosion of Dark Fire Serpents, they finally killed the ant queen.
"Let’s see what valuable items it dropped." Du You personally opened the spherical object that the Ant Queen dropped.
Ant Queen Egg (0/35): Yalan Continent, hatches into an Ant Queen after incubation.
"A pet egg with a maximum level cap of 35. What’s more, it’s a war-type pet. It’s definitely going to be valuable."
Just as Du You thought, Ant Queen eggs were among the most rarely seen types of pets. For most people, this creature is even more exotic and valuable than unicorns. Of course, in terms of levels, the Ant Queen was not on par with unicorns.
Regardless, the value of this object was definitely not simple. Perhaps it could be traded for some interesting items. If he sold it directly, it would be the most foolish choice.
Whoever possessed a pet like the Ant Queen, given enough time and resources, could build a vast ant army. Particularly in battlefield missions, its effects can be terrifying.
It’s a pity none of his team members could use it. Du You stowed away the Ant Queen egg and proceeded to sift through the other items.
Skill stone (Destruction Light): Concentrates one’s power into an attack of Destruction Light, which have the special ability to destroy the composition of both magic elements and physical matter. (Level 1, 8 stars)
This must be the skill that the Ant Queen was using earlier, Du You thought. It was quite a powerful offensive skill. Du You immediately reviewed his panel and began to calculate.
"What? This skill doesn’t match with Spellcasters at all. It’s a fundamental mismatch and can’t be converted. Forcibly converting not only consumes a lot, but also require a change in its essential nature, and the effect might be completely different."
Du You hadn’t expected that he wouldn’t be able to learn this skill. Initially, he thought as long as he had enough Crystal Coins, he could learn any skill. But that seemed not to be the case. This skill, although recognized as a magic-class skill, was not one that any mage could learn. Surprisingly, it is best suited for the priest class, being a high-offensive priest’s skill.
If a priest learned this skill, most mages wouldn’t stand a chance against him. The attack power of this skill was just too high.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t learn it, and neither of his two sisters could convert it. He had no choice but to hold onto it until he could exchange it for something he needed.
Skill stone (Self-Destruct): Concentrates all one’s power into a single destructive explosion that can produce a level of destruction beyond one’s own tier. (Constant level)
It was such a skill, this was the first time Du You himself had exploded a skill of a constant level. But what was this Self-Destruct all about? It seemed like a suicidal skill. Although the stronger the energy, the greater the power.
But who would voluntarily self-destruct? That was something only a desperate person would do.
Du You thought of the Blood Lotus. Wasn’t the skill they used with their Blood Thorns a similar do-or-die move? In that sense, perhaps this skill did hold some value.
If others bought it to use against him, that wouldn’t be right, but keeping it wouldn’t be any use either. Well, he would check back on it later. If there is no other remedy, he would have to sell it. After all, only a minority would use such a skill.
Ant King Essence 52364: This was quite a good harvest. According to Lin Yucha’s pricing, this is a income of over five hundred thousand green Crystal Coins! It was like a timely rain in easing the current shortage of Crystal Coins in the territory.
With all this Ant King Essence, he certainly couldn’t use it all. Du You had no intention of using it on the soldiers of his territory either. The overall promotion of soldiers was minimal, it would be better to sell it and use the proceeds for territorial development.
In addition, there were several pieces of equipment that weren’t suitable for him, as well as many green materials. Du You had picked out over a dozen green equipment, and he only chose some materials, leaving the rest.
This was because the materials ranged from tier two to tier three, and piled up like a small mountain.
"Did you contact Shaliya? Can she send enough people to transport the materials?" Du You asked aloud.
"I have contacted her, and the people Shaliya sent over have already arrived. The first batch is the Griffin Knights and Griffins, they will take the more valuable items first. The remaining items of less value will be transported by land. They will also collect ant materials from the Great Black Mountain, which will be a great harvest for our territory."
"Wouldn’t doing this so openly invite trouble?"
"Shaliya said it won’t. The area around the Great Black Mountain is, after all, unclaimed territory. No one will take such forbidden lands as their territory. On the contrary, we did a great service by cleansing the Great Black Mountain and no one will take issue with that. Instead, they see it as an expansion of imperial territory. Other nobles will focus on the territory itself."
"Heh, typical noble problems." Du You chucked lightly. Since there was no trouble, he let it slide.
As for whether anyone would be jealous, Du You was certain there would be. But as long as the big nobles didn’t say anything, he wouldn’t care about the jealous little ones. In terms of both population resources and the actual strength of his territory, Du You far surpassed these small nobles.
Perhaps his current strength didn’t quite match the rank of Marquis, but Du You was certain that before long he would be on equal footing with the seasoned Marquises.
Once his territory develops to tier four and an army consisting of a large number of tier-four units appears, most Dukes might not have as much strength as him. After all, not every Duke’s family has tier-five combat power.
"Let’s bury the items first and leave a mark. We can’t just wait here forever."
Hearing Lin Yucha’s words, Du You thought for a moment and ordered the Death Scorpion and the Death Gorilla to start digging holes, while the other pets were responsible for transportation and burial. With the ability to control the earth, burying items was easy. However, the beetle shells covering the entire mountain were not Du You’s concern. These shells were the only things left after the Carrion Dark Scarabs had their fill.